25/11/2025
𝗔 𝗱𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝘀… ⌛
In two days, 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: 𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝗠𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗷𝗼, will spearhead a consequential reexploration of wartime realities. A raw discussion about the terrors of war and the valor that surmounts it. Get to know the mind and voices that will channel these evocations.
𝗠𝘀. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗷𝗼, author of 𝘋𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, has a degree in Education and pursued graduate studies in Psychology. She authored "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨," a World War II battle for the liberation of Mindanao, Philippines. She was on the Board of the American Historical Collection in Manila. Ms. Vallejo has managed the Museum Volunteers of the Philippines (MVP)'s WWII History course modules and has given talks on WWII subjects. She spearheaded the scanning of the Guerrilla Recognition Program files in the Philippine Archives Collection at the US National Records and Administration (NARA) that began the Philippine Veterans Administration Office's (PVAO) mission to scan the entire Collection and make it available online to show the Filipinos' contribution to World War II history.
Reactor to Ms. Vallejo's presentation will be 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗧𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗗𝗖. 𝗡𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗼, 𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗢, 𝗟𝗣𝗧, 𝗣𝗵.𝗗., a Filipino Catholic licensed educator and researcher specializing in History, Asian Studies, and Community Engagement and Organizing. Dr. Nepomuceno is a graduate of AB Asian Studies (2008), Master of Arts in History (2012), and Doctor of Philosophy in History (2023) from the University of Santo Tomas. He also took special certificate courses in Community Engagement and Organizing and in Education. He passed the licensure exams for teachers in March 2024. He previously taught at the FEU Institute of Technology, De la Salle University-Taft, UST Faculty of Arts and Letters, and the UST Senior High School, where he served as Community Development Coordinator from 2016-2021. He has returned as an academic staff of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and is currently teaching under the University of Santo Tomas Department of History and serves as a borrowed faculty in the Asian Studies Department. Dr. Nepomuceno has presented and published his works in the Philippines, Spain, the United States, Australia, and Singapore. Aside from doing research, he is occasionally consulted and interviewed by media agencies on topics relating to Asian Culture and Philippine History.
Join them and the UST History Society in revisiting the truths of internment in World War II Philippines, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴.
🗓 Date: November 27, 2025
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
📍Venue: Florence Nightingale Auditorium
Caption by: Andrea Josephine Acaylar
Board by: Mikaela Lacastesantos
RSO-B-24-25-52